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Category Archives: Orange County
Green-light specials at holiday markets
Thanksgiving shoppers can be grateful for the number of farmers’ markets holding special market events specifically for the holidays. Not only that, the Triangle and Western NC local-food communities have put together websites giving overviews of holiday markets. The mountain version, organized … Continue reading
We already knew they were good; now it’s official
Congrats to the four North Carolina companies named finalists in the second annual Good Food Awards. Escazu Artisan Chocolates in Raleigh (where I cannot believe I haven’t been yet!), Counter Culture Coffee in Durham, Miss Jenny’s Pickles in Kernersville, and Farmers’ Daughter … Continue reading
Fall harvest brings more fall events
Wow, the list of fall events keeps growing. Check these out! SEPTEMBER: Sept. 23 and 25: Diane Daniel discusses sustainable farming, agritourism and more on “Bookwatch” with D.G. Martin on UNC-TV. Airs Friday and repeats Sunday. Sept. 24: Terra Vita returns! … Continue reading
Veritable cornucopia of fall news and happenings
It’s time again for Quick Bites, a harvest of Farm Fresh news and calendar listings. Here are a few items of interest, followed by calendar of events: * Yay for one of my favorite restaurants, Knife & Fork, which won … Continue reading
Summer, and Farm Fresh tour, are winding down
It must be the end of summer — tomorrow is my last day of Farm Fresh promotion for a month. Now that’s a switch, after a busy schedule from March through July. So tomorrow please join me for the farewell-to-summer … Continue reading
Bee there, freshest fish, food tours and more
It’s time again for Quick Bites, a harvest of Farm Fresh news. How sweet it is: TONIGHT, July 27, at 6 pm (movie at 9:15), Market Restaurant in Raleigh will host a music and movie night in its parking lot, featuring … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, Books, Dining, Durham County, Environmental, Food, Food policy, Forsyth County, Guilford County, Orange County, Wake County
Tagged 10% Campaign, American Wasteland, CEFS, CSF, food tours, Jonathan Bloom, Local Catch, Market Restaurant, Ode magazine, Taste Carolina, Vanishing of the Bees, Walking Fish
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Farm Fresh NC and Fickle Creek share video spotlight
What a great gift for Fickle Creek Farm, my book “Farm Fresh North Carolina,” and the Piedmont Farm Tour. The state’s former (as of June) tourism marketing agency, Charlotte-based LKM, commissioned a video about agritourism in general and the book … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Fresh book events, Farmers, Food, Livestock, Lodging, Media, Orange County
Tagged agritourism, farm stays, Fickle Creek Farm, tourism, Visitnc.com
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Friday night with Bill Friday: a big thrill
I should be saying something erudite about my meeting and interview with University of North Carolina Chancellor Emeritus Bill Friday. Instead, this is my summary: A thrill and a half! I got the call on a Monday asking if I … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Orange County, Television
Tagged Bill Friday, Chapel Hill, NC People North Carolina People, UNC, William Friday, Yonat Shimron
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In Durham, a special sit-down dinner with Pie Pushers
One of the upsides* to all the rain and subsequent slow traffic on the Piedmont Farm Tour yesterday was the opportunity to see the Pie Pushers’ full profile, instead of how I usually see Mike Hacker and Becky Cascio — as faces … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Durham County, Food, Orange County
Tagged Fickle Creek Farm, Four Leaf Farm, Pie Pushers, Piedmont Farm Tour, Watt's Grocery
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Coming up: farm tour, party, picnic, local fish — and more!
No surprise that spring is positively bursting with farm/food news. At the top of my list is the Piedmont Farm Tour in the Triangle this weekend, sponsored by the awesome Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA). Everything about this yearly happening … Continue reading
Posted in Chatham County, Family travel, Farm Fresh events, Food, Livestock, Orange County, Poultry, Wake County
Tagged CFSA, Chapel Hill, CSF, farm internships, Farm to Fork Picnic, Fickle Creek Farm, local fish, Margaret's Cantina, Meet and Eat, Pie Pushers, Piedmont Farm Tour, sustainable seafood, Walking Fish
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Andrea Reusing, season by season
Andrea Reusing’s first cookbook, “Cooking in the Moment,” will make Triangle residents proud. Over the years, Andrea, chef/co-founder at the Asian-inspired Lantern in Chapel Hill, has made quite a national name for herself through her creative cooking and reliance on … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Dining, Durham County, Food, Orange County, Recipes
Tagged A year of Seasonal Recipes, Ayrshire Farm, Betsy and Alex Hitt, Braeburn Farm, Brinkley Farms, Cane Creek Farm, Carrboro Farmers' Market, Chapel Hill, Chapel HIll Creamery, Chicken Bridge Bakery, Clarkson Potter, cookbook, Cooking in the Moment, Coon Rock Farm, Durham Farmers Market, farmers' markets, Fickle Creek Farm, Flyleaf Books, Hen and Dumplings, Johnny's, Lantern, Lantern cookbook, Lil Farm, Mac McCaughan, Merge Records, Peregrine Farm, Superchunk
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Kudos to our two James Beard finalists!
North Carolina placed two of five chefs vying for Best Southeast chef award from the James Beard Foundation. For the second year in a row, the Triangle’s own Andrea Reusing made the cut with her Asian-tinged locally sourced fare at Lantern in Chapel … Continue reading
Posted in Jackson County, Orange County
Tagged Andrea Reusing, Blackberry Farm, Canyon Kitchen, John Fleer, Lantern, Lonesome Valley
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Thanks for the best coming-out party ever!
Thanks to the more than 250 people (!) who came out to Fullsteam Brewery last night to celebrate farms, farmers, and the launch of “Farm Fresh North Carolina.” (Oh yeah, and beer and local sausages and live bluegrass, too.) You … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Durham County, Orange County
Tagged chef, farm to table, Fickle Creek Farm, Flyleaf Books, Four Leaf Farm, Fullsteam Brewery, local foods, Panciuto
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Read all about it in News & Observer
Nice story today by Elizabeth Shestak in her Morsel column in the Durham News and Chapel Hill News, the local sections of the News & Observer. I haven’t seen the Chapel Hill version, but the Durham one includes this photo of … Continue reading
Posted in Clay County, Durham County, Media, Orange County
Tagged agritourism, alpacas, farm travel, Fickle Creek Farm, guidebook, Morsel
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Farm Fresh public party and other Triangle farm-food events
All “Farm Fresh North Carolina” events below are free and open to the public. Bring your farm-loving friends! Monday, March 7, at 6 p.m. at Fullsteam Brewery, 726 Rigsbee Ave, Durham. “Farm Fresh North Carolina” book launch party featuring farmers … Continue reading
Walk, talk, eat with Taste Carolina
Saturday was a lovely day for a gourmet food tour! I hopped aboard Taste Carolina’s downtown Durham tour, led on this day by local resident Dean Michaels. (Tours also are held in Raleigh and Chapel Hill-Carrboro, and starting in March, … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Durham County, Food, Forsyth County, Guilford County, Orange County, Wake County
Tagged Carrboro, Chapel Hill, durham, food tours, LocoPops, Parker and Otis, Piedmont, Raleigh, Rue Cler, Scratch, Toast, Tyler's Taproom
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Food co-ops healthy inside and out
Informative, filling article on growth and relative health of Triangle food co-ops by Sue Stock in today’s News and Observer. The piece mentioned Chatham Marketplace in Pittsboro, Weaver Street Market of Carrboro (and beyond) and the in-the-works Durham Central Market, … Continue reading
Posted in Chatham County, Durham County, Food co-ops, Orange County
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